Assyrians in Jordan

Assyrians in Jordan
Total population
1,000[1]
Languages
Neo-Aramaic
(Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Turoyo)
Religion
Predominantly Assyrian Church of the East

Assyrians in Jordan include migrants of Assyrian origin residing in Jordan, as well as their descendants. As of May 2007, the Assyrians in Jordan number approximately 1,000 people[1] and most of them came as refugees from northern Iraq, one of the four locations of the indigenous Assyrian homeland areas which are part of today's northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran and, more recently, northeastern Syria".[2] They mostly live within the capital city of Amman. Most adhere to the Assyrian Church of the East and the Syriac Orthodox Church.

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References

  1. 1 2 Jordan Should Legally Recognize Displaced Iraqis As Refugees, AINA.org. Assyrian and Chaldean Christians Flee Iraq to Neighboring Jordan, ASSIST News Service
  2. ↑ Carl Skutsch (2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.
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